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Kate Nicholls

This archive features our reporting on Kate Nicholls OBE — a key voice in the UK’s hospitality and foodservice policy landscape. As Chair of UKHospitality, Nicholls plays a central role in lobbying government, shaping regulation, and influencing the commercial environment in which restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering firms operate. Catering Today covers Nicholls’ statements, policy positions, and leadership activity because her work directly affects the trading conditions, labour challenges, and long-term resilience of foodservice businesses. For operators navigating rising costs, staffing pressures, or post-pandemic recovery, her advocacy and insights are both timely and consequential.

Kate Nicholls

This archive features our reporting on Kate Nicholls OBE — a key voice in the UK’s hospitality and foodservice policy landscape. As Chair of UKHospitality, Nicholls plays a central role in lobbying government, shaping regulation, and influencing the commercial environment in which restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés, and catering firms operate. Catering Today covers Nicholls’ statements, policy positions, and leadership activity because her work directly affects the trading conditions, labour challenges, and long-term resilience of foodservice businesses. For operators navigating rising costs, staffing pressures, or post-pandemic recovery, her advocacy and insights are both timely and consequential.

UKH warns hundreds of venues could shut under new rates surcharge

Hundreds of large hospitality venues could face closure if the government goes ahead with…

Pubs and bars could stay open longer under gov’s licensing reform

Pubs and bars in England and Wales could stay open longer following the government’s launch…

Gov launches review of licensing rules to modernise system

The Government has opened a call for evidence on proposed reforms to England’s licensing…

UKH welcomes Tories’ pledge to scrap business rates

UKHospitality has welcomed the shadow chancellor’s claim that the party wants to “abolish”…

UKHospitality urges staff to join #TaxedOut campaign ahead of Budget

UKHospitality has launched an online tool to enable hospitality staff to contact their MPs…

What effect will Labour’s proposed business rates reform have ahead of the budget?

After years of pressure from hospitality businesses and the trade organisations that…

Hospitality job losses to hit 111,000 by next budget, UKH finds

UKHospitality (UKH) has projected that 111,000 jobs will have been lost in hospitality by…

UKH welcomes business rates reform but urges maximum discount

UKHospitality has said government proposals to reform business rates are a “positive” move…

UKH: Tube strike ‘to cost London hospitality £110m’

London’s hospitality and tourism businesses could lose up to £110m because of this week’s…

Contract caterers’ sales rise 8% in Q2

Contract caterers saw sales and outlets “sharply” rise by 8% in the second quarter of 2025,…
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